Jay Pagel, a field technician at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center told the Asbury Park Press they have received "numerous" calls about the dead turtle and the cause death could not be determined because the body was decomposing.

Before the city can remove the turtle, they have to get proper equipment, the Asbury Park Press reported.

Monmouth County SPCA Chief Victor “Buddy” Amato is asking anyone with information about the removal of the turtle’s head to call him at 732-312-7153, according to the report. Amato said in the report that if someone decapitated the turtle, they could be charged with needlessly killing a living creature, which carries a sentence of up to six months in jail or a $2,000 fine.

On Sunday evening, the body of the approximately four to five feet long turtle remained in the rocks near First Avenue beach.